A woman living in the apartment block where cheerleader Breanna Robinson plunged to hear death has described hearing a loud argument and an abrupt high-pitched scream from a nearby unit on her floor on the night the Gold Coast woman died.
Residents at the H20 Southport apartment complex have continued to give evidence as Jayden Moorea’s committal hearing enters its second day at Southport Magistrates Court.
Police allege Mr Moorea, formerly known as Dan Shearin, threw 21-year-old Ms Robinson from his 11th storey apartment balcony on January 29, 2013.
Mr Moorea denies the allegations.
Robinson, a cheerleader for the Gold Coast Titans, had recently moved into Mr Morea’s apartment prior to her death.
He was not charged until 2019 after the state coroner sensationally postponed an inquest into Ms Robinson’s death in 2017 and ordered police reopen their investigation.
Photos of the shattered glass awning where Ms Robinson fell were shown to the court on Tuesday, depicting two large indentations, one with a large blood stain.
Julie Carroll, who lived on the 11th floor of the apartment complex, said she heard a man and woman arguing on the night Ms Robinson died.
“I could hear the man, he was loud, yelling, and a woman was crying,” she said.
She said the man’s shouting and woman’s crying became louder before it eventually got quieter.
“I was back in my apartment, back watching my movie,” Ms Carroll said.
Ms Carroll said she did not see the deceased but heard a “high-pitched scream” that stopped abruptly shortly after the argument died down.
“Is that consistent with the woman falling from the balcony and being cut off mid-scream when she hit the awning?” defence barrister Angus Edwards questioned.
“That’s what I believe is what I heard,” Ms Carroll answered.
Dr Rebecca Adams, who lived several floors above, told the court she heard loud noises and a thump, initially thinking someone had been hit by a car outside.
“There was commotion downstairs and a lot of other people were looking over the balcony,” she said.
She said she recalled seeing blood “pooling” from Ms Robinson’s head.
Lisa Dunscombe, who lived next door to the pair, said she was “adamant” she did not hear any arguing or screaming between the pair on that night.
She recalled hearing a thud and then what sounded like a “release of breath” while she was sitting in her apartment.
“Because it was a foreign noise I went out to investigate … it wasn’t a normal traffic noise,” she told the court.
Ms Dunscombe said she did not initially realise the woman had fallen from the balcony.
“When I looked down … I thought it was a mannequin, someone was playing a joke,” she said.
She said Mr Moorea appeared upset when he got into the lift and was attempting to do up his pants and trying to use his phone.
Allan Walker, who lived in apartment 703, said he heard the words “oh no” before an “object” fell past him as he was sitting on his balcony.
Under Queensland law, committal hearings allow a magistrate to determine if there is enough evidence to send a defendant to trial in the Supreme or District Court.
Dozens of witnesses, including former cheerleaders who worked with Ms Robinson, are expected to give evidence during Mr Moorea’s committal hearing.
The harrowing triple-0 call Mr Moorea made the night Ms Robinson plunged to her death was played to the court on Monday.
Gordon Cassidy, a former security guard at the H20 apartment complex, gave evidence that Ms Robinson was still breathing when he discovered her on the glass, the Gold Coast Bulletin reports.
The committal hearing continues.
Residents at the H20 Southport apartment complex have continued to give evidence as Jayden Moorea’s committal hearing enters its second day at Southport Magistrates Court.
Police allege Mr Moorea, formerly known as Dan Shearin, threw 21-year-old Ms Robinson from his 11th storey apartment balcony on January 29, 2013.
Mr Moorea denies the allegations.
Robinson, a cheerleader for the Gold Coast Titans, had recently moved into Mr Morea’s apartment prior to her death.
He was not charged until 2019 after the state coroner sensationally postponed an inquest into Ms Robinson’s death in 2017 and ordered police reopen their investigation.
Photos of the shattered glass awning where Ms Robinson fell were shown to the court on Tuesday, depicting two large indentations, one with a large blood stain.
Julie Carroll, who lived on the 11th floor of the apartment complex, said she heard a man and woman arguing on the night Ms Robinson died.
“I could hear the man, he was loud, yelling, and a woman was crying,” she said.
She said the man’s shouting and woman’s crying became louder before it eventually got quieter.
“I was back in my apartment, back watching my movie,” Ms Carroll said.
Ms Carroll said she did not see the deceased but heard a “high-pitched scream” that stopped abruptly shortly after the argument died down.
“Is that consistent with the woman falling from the balcony and being cut off mid-scream when she hit the awning?” defence barrister Angus Edwards questioned.
“That’s what I believe is what I heard,” Ms Carroll answered.
Dr Rebecca Adams, who lived several floors above, told the court she heard loud noises and a thump, initially thinking someone had been hit by a car outside.
“There was commotion downstairs and a lot of other people were looking over the balcony,” she said.
She said she recalled seeing blood “pooling” from Ms Robinson’s head.
Lisa Dunscombe, who lived next door to the pair, said she was “adamant” she did not hear any arguing or screaming between the pair on that night.
She recalled hearing a thud and then what sounded like a “release of breath” while she was sitting in her apartment.
“Because it was a foreign noise I went out to investigate … it wasn’t a normal traffic noise,” she told the court.
Ms Dunscombe said she did not initially realise the woman had fallen from the balcony.
“When I looked down … I thought it was a mannequin, someone was playing a joke,” she said.
She said Mr Moorea appeared upset when he got into the lift and was attempting to do up his pants and trying to use his phone.
Allan Walker, who lived in apartment 703, said he heard the words “oh no” before an “object” fell past him as he was sitting on his balcony.
Under Queensland law, committal hearings allow a magistrate to determine if there is enough evidence to send a defendant to trial in the Supreme or District Court.
Dozens of witnesses, including former cheerleaders who worked with Ms Robinson, are expected to give evidence during Mr Moorea’s committal hearing.
The harrowing triple-0 call Mr Moorea made the night Ms Robinson plunged to her death was played to the court on Monday.
Gordon Cassidy, a former security guard at the H20 apartment complex, gave evidence that Ms Robinson was still breathing when he discovered her on the glass, the Gold Coast Bulletin reports.
The committal hearing continues.
A woman living in the apartment block where cheerleader Breanna Robinson plunged to hear death has described hearing a loud argument and an abrupt high-pitched scream from a nearby unit on her floor on the night the Gold Coast woman died.
Residents at the H20 Southport apartment complex have continued to give evidence as Jayden Moorea’s committal hearing enters its second day at Southport Magistrates Court.
Police allege Mr Moorea, formerly known as Dan Shearin, threw 21-year-old Ms Robinson from his 11th storey apartment balcony on January 29, 2013.
Mr Moorea denies the allegations.
Robinson, a cheerleader for the Gold Coast Titans, had recently moved into Mr Morea’s apartment prior to her death.
He was not charged until 2019 after the state coroner sensationally postponed an inquest into Ms Robinson’s death in 2017 and ordered police reopen their investigation.
Photos of the shattered glass awning where Ms Robinson fell were shown to the court on Tuesday, depicting two large indentations, one with a large blood stain.
Julie Carroll, who lived on the 11th floor of the apartment complex, said she heard a man and woman arguing on the night Ms Robinson died.
“I could hear the man, he was loud, yelling, and a woman was crying,” she said.
She said the man’s shouting and woman’s crying became louder before it eventually got quieter.
“I was back in my apartment, back watching my movie,” Ms Carroll said.
Ms Carroll said she did not see the deceased but heard a “high-pitched scream” that stopped abruptly shortly after the argument died down.
“Is that consistent with the woman falling from the balcony and being cut off mid-scream when she hit the awning?” defence barrister Angus Edwards questioned.
“That’s what I believe is what I heard,” Ms Carroll answered.
Dr Rebecca Adams, who lived several floors above, told the court she heard loud noises and a thump, initially thinking someone had been hit by a car outside.
“There was commotion downstairs and a lot of other people were looking over the balcony,” she said.
She said she recalled seeing blood “pooling” from Ms Robinson’s head.
Lisa Dunscombe, who lived next door to the pair, said she was “adamant” she did not hear any arguing or screaming between the pair on that night.
She recalled hearing a thud and then what sounded like a “release of breath” while she was sitting in her apartment.
“Because it was a foreign noise I went out to investigate … it wasn’t a normal traffic noise,” she told the court.
Ms Dunscombe said she did not initially realise the woman had fallen from the balcony.
“When I looked down … I thought it was a mannequin, someone was playing a joke,” she said.
She said Mr Moorea appeared upset when he got into the lift and was attempting to do up his pants and trying to use his phone.
Allan Walker, who lived in apartment 703, said he heard the words “oh no” before an “object” fell past him as he was sitting on his balcony.
Under Queensland law, committal hearings allow a magistrate to determine if there is enough evidence to send a defendant to trial in the Supreme or District Court.
Dozens of witnesses, including former cheerleaders who worked with Ms Robinson, are expected to give evidence during Mr Moorea’s committal hearing.
The harrowing triple-0 call Mr Moorea made the night Ms Robinson plunged to her death was played to the court on Monday.
Gordon Cassidy, a former security guard at the H20 apartment complex, gave evidence that Ms Robinson was still breathing when he discovered her on the glass, the Gold Coast Bulletin reports.
The committal hearing continues.
Residents at the H20 Southport apartment complex have continued to give evidence as Jayden Moorea’s committal hearing enters its second day at Southport Magistrates Court.
Police allege Mr Moorea, formerly known as Dan Shearin, threw 21-year-old Ms Robinson from his 11th storey apartment balcony on January 29, 2013.
Mr Moorea denies the allegations.
Robinson, a cheerleader for the Gold Coast Titans, had recently moved into Mr Morea’s apartment prior to her death.
He was not charged until 2019 after the state coroner sensationally postponed an inquest into Ms Robinson’s death in 2017 and ordered police reopen their investigation.
Photos of the shattered glass awning where Ms Robinson fell were shown to the court on Tuesday, depicting two large indentations, one with a large blood stain.
Julie Carroll, who lived on the 11th floor of the apartment complex, said she heard a man and woman arguing on the night Ms Robinson died.
“I could hear the man, he was loud, yelling, and a woman was crying,” she said.
She said the man’s shouting and woman’s crying became louder before it eventually got quieter.
“I was back in my apartment, back watching my movie,” Ms Carroll said.
Ms Carroll said she did not see the deceased but heard a “high-pitched scream” that stopped abruptly shortly after the argument died down.
“Is that consistent with the woman falling from the balcony and being cut off mid-scream when she hit the awning?” defence barrister Angus Edwards questioned.
“That’s what I believe is what I heard,” Ms Carroll answered.
Dr Rebecca Adams, who lived several floors above, told the court she heard loud noises and a thump, initially thinking someone had been hit by a car outside.
“There was commotion downstairs and a lot of other people were looking over the balcony,” she said.
She said she recalled seeing blood “pooling” from Ms Robinson’s head.
Lisa Dunscombe, who lived next door to the pair, said she was “adamant” she did not hear any arguing or screaming between the pair on that night.
She recalled hearing a thud and then what sounded like a “release of breath” while she was sitting in her apartment.
“Because it was a foreign noise I went out to investigate … it wasn’t a normal traffic noise,” she told the court.
Ms Dunscombe said she did not initially realise the woman had fallen from the balcony.
“When I looked down … I thought it was a mannequin, someone was playing a joke,” she said.
She said Mr Moorea appeared upset when he got into the lift and was attempting to do up his pants and trying to use his phone.
Allan Walker, who lived in apartment 703, said he heard the words “oh no” before an “object” fell past him as he was sitting on his balcony.
Under Queensland law, committal hearings allow a magistrate to determine if there is enough evidence to send a defendant to trial in the Supreme or District Court.
Dozens of witnesses, including former cheerleaders who worked with Ms Robinson, are expected to give evidence during Mr Moorea’s committal hearing.
The harrowing triple-0 call Mr Moorea made the night Ms Robinson plunged to her death was played to the court on Monday.
Gordon Cassidy, a former security guard at the H20 apartment complex, gave evidence that Ms Robinson was still breathing when he discovered her on the glass, the Gold Coast Bulletin reports.
The committal hearing continues.
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